Two men were stabbed in separate attacks on subway trains in Brooklyn and Manhattan only hours apart on Friday afternoon, police said.
At least one of the assaults is believed to be random, according to police.
In the first incident, a 53-year-old straphanger was stabbed in his head, apparently unprovoked, by an unknown assailant aboard a southbound R train around 2 p.m. as the subway approached the Jay St.-Metro Tech station in downtown Brooklyn, cops said.
The victim staggered off the train and into the station, where EMS medics treated his wound. He declined to go to the hospital and is expected to recover, according to police. Cops have a suspect in custody.
A short time later, around 4:45 p.m., a 46-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen on an uptown F train near the W. Fourth St.-Washington Square subway station in Greenwich Village after quarreling with his attacker, police said. EMS took the victim to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, according to police.
“They brought him out on a stretcher. He was cut, but he was still conscious,” an MTA employee who witnessed the aftermath said. “It’s crazy out here. You never know what’s going to happen.”
It’s unclear if the victim knew his attacker beforehand. Police have a suspect in custody, they said.
Investigations into both incidents are ongoing.
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